diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/get.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/get.rs
index 2f9a863991..ba770d1e66 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/get.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/get.rs
@@ -172,18 +172,8 @@ fn action(
         }
     }
 
-    match input {
-        PipelineData::Empty => return Err(ShellError::PipelineEmpty { dst_span: span }),
-        // Allow chaining of get -i
-        PipelineData::Value(val @ Value::Nothing { .. }, ..) if !ignore_errors => {
-            return Err(ShellError::OnlySupportsThisInputType {
-                exp_input_type: "table or record".into(),
-                wrong_type: "nothing".into(),
-                dst_span: span,
-                src_span: val.span(),
-            });
-        }
-        _ => (),
+    if let PipelineData::Empty = input {
+        return Err(ShellError::PipelineEmpty { dst_span: span });
     }
 
     if rest.is_empty() {